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Albania national football team
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Nickname(s)	[Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks); Shqiponjat] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (The Eagles)
Association	[[[Albanian Football Association\|Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FSHF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gianni De Biasi
Captain	Lorik Cana
Most caps	Altin Lala (79)
Top scorer	Erjon Bogdani (19)
Home stadium	Qemal Stafa Stadium
FIFA code	ALB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	58 (October 17, 2013)
Highest	37 (July 2013)
Lowest	124 (August 1997)
First international
	Albania 2–3 Yugoslavia ; (Tirana, Albania; October 7, 1946)
Biggest win
	Albania 5–0 Vietnam ; (Bastia Umbra, Italy; February 12, 2003) Albania 6–1 Cyprus ; (Tirana, Albania; August 12, 2009)
Biggest defeat
	Hungary 12–0 Albania ; (Budapest, Hungary; September 24, 1950)

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The Albanian National Association Football Team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania (FSHF).

Although it never played any matches, the Albanian national football team existed before FSHF was created. This is witnessed by the registration of the team in the Balkan Cup tournament of 1929-1931, which started in 1929 (although Albania eventually retired from the competition, before the competition started).^[4] FSHF was founded on June 6, 1930, and Albania had to wait 16 years to play its first international match, debuting against Yugoslavia in 1946. In 1932, Albania joined FIFA (during the congress June 12 — June 16) and in 1954, it was one of the founding members of UEFA.

Results in History

Recent developments

In December 2007, Football Association of Albania's president, Armand Duka, announced Arie Haan would replace Croatian-Austrian Otto Barić as Albania's head coach. Haan signed a two-year contract on January 4, 2008.^[5]

On March 14, 2008, Albania was suspended from international football (FIFA and UEFA), due to heavy political interference in the Football Association. The suspension lasted 46 days.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Haan was replaced by Croatian coach Josip Kuže in May 2009.^[9] Kuže parted ways with Albania almost three years later, in December 2011, when coach Gianni de Biasi replaced him.^[10]

The Albania national team has recently had an unprecedented high number of players, who although are Albanian by ethnicity, were not born in Albania, but either in Kosovo, or outside of Kosovo, while hailing from Albanian Kosovar parents. As of August 13, 2013, 14 Albanians of Kosovo origin were either part of the start-up team, or have received recent call-ups.^[11]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2012

29 February 2012 Friendly	Georgia	2 – 1	Albania	Tbilisi, Georgia
14:30 GMT	Kobakhidze 48' Amisulashvili 87'	Report	Cani 2'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ghennadi Sidenco

22 May 2012 Friendly	Albania	2 – 1	Qatar	Madrid, Spain
20:00 GMT	Bakaj 46' Bogdani 50'	Report	Y.Ahmed 54'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 100 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

27 May 2012 Friendly	Albania	1 – 0	Iran	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 GMT	Vila 60'	Report		Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

15 August 2012 Friendly	Albania	0 – 0	Moldova	Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT	Vila 60'	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Yunus Yıldırım

7 September 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Albania	3 – 1	Cyprus	Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT	Sadiku 36' Çani 84' Bogdani 86'	Report	Laban 45+5'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

11 September 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Switzerland	2 – 0	Albania	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:30 GMT	Shaqiri 23' Inler 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

12 October 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Albania	1 – 2	Iceland	Tirana, Albania
19:00 GMT	Çani 29'	Report	Bjarnason 19' G.Sigurðsson 81'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Tony Asumaa

16 October 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Albania	1 – 0	Slovenia	Tirana, Albania
20:45 GMT	Roshi 37'	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Martin Hansson

14 November 2012 Friendly	Albania	0 – 0	Cameroon	Genève, Switzerland
20:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Stephan Studer

2013

6 February 2013 Friendly	Albania	1 – 2	Georgia	Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT	Bogdani 25'	Report	Lobjanidze 40' Vatsadze 82'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski

22 March 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Norway	0 – 1	Albania	Oslo, Norway
19:00 GMT		Report	Salihi 67'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

26 March 2013 Friendly	Albania	4 – 1	Lithuania	Tirana, Albania
20:00 GMT	Meha 33' Çani 38' Basha 43' Palionis (o.g.)	Report	Razulis 75'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ivailo Stoyanov

7 June 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Albania	1 – 1	Norway	Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT	Rama 41'	Report	Høgli 87'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Willie Collum

14 August 2013 Friendly	Albania	2 – 0	Armenia	Tirana, Albania
19:45 GMT	Rama 21' Kace 67'			Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

6 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Slovenia	1 – 0	Albania	Ljubljana, Slovenia
20:30 GMT	Kampl 19'			Stadium: Stožice Stadium Referee: István Vad

10 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Iceland	2 – 1	Albania	Reykjavik, Iceland
19:00 GMT	Bjarnason 14' Sigþórsson 47'		Rama 9'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Andre Marriner

11 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Albania	1 - 2	Switzerland	Tirana, Albania
	Salihi 89'		Shaqiri 48' Lang 79'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

15 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Cyprus	0-0	Albania	Nicosia, Cyprus
		Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

15 November 2013 Friendly	Albania	v	Belarus	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Akdeniz University Stadium

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Template:2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

Squad

Every following player marked with a number (displays Reference) is called up for friendly-match on 15 November against Belarus

Current squad

The following players are the best 23-mans (*3 extra players) of the squad .

Caps and goals as of 31 October 2013.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Etrit Berisha ^[12]	(1989-03-10) March 10, 1989 (age 35)	13	0	Lazio
1	1GK	Samir Ujkani	(1988-07-05) July 5, 1988 (age 36)	20	0	Palermo

15	2DF	Mërgim Mavraj ^[12]	(1986-06-09) June 9, 1986 (age 38)	14	0	Greuther Fürth
5	2DF	Lorik Cana (captain) ^[12]	(1983-06-27) June 27, 1983 (age 41)	72	1	Lazio
2	2DF	Andi Lila ^[12]	(1986-02-12) February 12, 1986 (age 38)	41	0	PAS Giannina
7	2DF	Ansi Agolli ^[12]	(1982-11-11) November 11, 1982 (age 41)	44	2	Qarabağ
3	2DF	Loret Sadiku ^[12]	(1991-07-28) July 28, 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Helsingborgs
4	2DF	Armend Dallku	(1983-06-16) June 16, 1983 (age 41)	64	1	Vorskla Poltava
6	2DF	Ermir Lenjani ^[12]	(1989-08-05) August 5, 1989 (age 35)	0	0	St. Gallen

8	3MF	Ervin Bulku	(1981-03-03) March 3, 1981 (age 43)	54	1	Sepahan
17	3MF	Alban Meha ^[12]	(1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 (age 37)	4	1	Paderborn 07
10	3MF	Valdet Rama ^[12]	(1987-11-20) November 20, 1987 (age 36)	7	3	Real Valladolid
21	3MF	Odise Roshi ^[12]	(1991-05-21) May 21, 1991 (age 33)	17	1	FSV Frankfurt
14	3MF	Migjen Basha ^[12]	(1987-01-05) January 5, 1987 (age 37)	6	1	Torino
13	3MF	Ergys Kaçe	(1993-07-08) July 8, 1993 (age 31)	6	1	PAOK
20	3MF	Burim Kukeli	(1984-01-19) January 19, 1984 (age 40)	4	0	Zürich
19	3MF	Armando Vajushi	(1991-12-03) December 3, 1991 (age 32)	4	0	Litex Lovech
23	3MF	Shkëlzen Gashi ^[12]	(1988-07-15) July 15, 1988 (age 36)	2	0	Grasshoppers
25	3MF	Jahmir Hyka	(1988-03-08) March 8, 1988 (age 36)	33	2	Luzern
26	3MF	Jurgen Gjasula	(1986-10-11) October 11, 1986 (age 38)	2	0	Litex Lovech

18	4FW	Hamdi Salihi	(1984-01-19) January 19, 1984 (age 40)	47	11	Jiangsu Sainty
9	4FW	Edgar Cani ^[12]	(1989-07-22) July 22, 1989 (age 35)	14	4	Carpi
16	4FW	Armando Sadiku ^[12]	(1991-05-27) May 27, 1991 (age 33)	9	1	Lugano
22	4FW	Erjon Bogdani	(1977-04-14) April 14, 1977 (age 47)	76	19	Free Agent
11	4FW	Besart Berisha	(1985-07-29) July 29, 1985 (age 39)	17	2	Brisbane Roar\|- class="nat-fs-player"	24	4FW	Bekim Balaj ^[12]	(1991-01-11) January 11, 1991 (age 33)	3	0	Jagiellonia Białystok

Recent call-ups

The following players are reserve squad and recently called up.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Orges Shehi ^[12]	(1977-09-25) September 25, 1977 (age 47)	2	0	Skënderbeu Korçë	v. Belarus, 15 November 2013
GK	Isli Hidi	(1980-10-15) 15 October 1980 (age 44)	15	0	Apollon Limassol	v. Norway & Lithuania, 22–26 March 2013
GK	Thomas Strakosha	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Lazio	v. Italy & Greece, 2014

DF	Ilir Berisha	(1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 33)	1	0	Örebro	v. Norway, 7 June 2013
DF	Tefik Osmani^[12]	(1985-06-08) June 8, 1985 (age 39)	11	0	Teuta Durres	v. Belarus, 15 November 2013
DF	Admir Teli	(1981-06-02) June 2, 1981 (age 43)	18	0	Qarabağ	v. Switzerland & Cyprus, 11-15 Octpber 2013
DF	Debatik Curri	(1984-12-28) December 28, 1984 (age 39)	38	1	Hoverla Uzhhorod	v. Slovenia & Iceland, 6–10 September 2013
DF	Renato Arapi	(1986-08-28) August 28, 1986 (age 38)	41	0	Skënderbeu Korçë	v. Switzerland & Cyprus, 11-15 Octpber 2013
DF	Kristi Vangjeli	(1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 (age 39)	33	0	Chornomorets Odesa	v. Cameroon, 14 November 2012
DF	Elseid Hysaj ^[12]	(1994-02-20) February 20, 1994 (age 30)	4	0	Empoli	v. Belarus, 15 November 2013
DF	Taulant Xhaka	(1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Basel	v. Cameroon, 14 November 2012

MF	Amir Abrashi ^[12]	(1990-03-27) March 27, 1990 (age 34)	4	0	Grasshoppers	v. Belarus, 15 November 2013
MF	Sabien Lilaj ^[12]	(1989-02-10) February 10, 1989 (age 35)	8	0	Skënderbeu Korçë	v. Belarus, 15 November 2013
MF	Emiljano Vila ^[12]	(1988-03-12) March 12, 1988 (age 36)	19	2	PAS Giannina	v. Belarus, 15 November 2013
MF	Vullnet Basha	(1990-07-11) July 11, 1990 (age 34)	1	0	Sion	v. Slovenia & Iceland, 6–10 September 2013
MF	Elis Bakaj	(1987-06-25) June 25, 1987 (age 37)	25	1	Chornomorets Odesa	v. Georgia, 6 February 2013
MF	Gjergji Muzaka	(1984-09-26) September 26, 1984 (age 40)	22	1	Skënderbeu Korçë	v. Georgia, 6 February 2013
MF	Ledian Memushaj ^[12]	(1986-12-07) December 7, 1986 (age 37)	2	0	Carpi	v. Belarus, 15 November 2013

FW	Agon Mehmeti	(1988-11-20) November 20, 1988 (age 35)	3	0	Olhanense	v. Switzerland & Cyprus, 11-15 Octpber 2013
FW	Edmond Kapllani	(1982-07-31) July 31, 1982 (age 42)	37	6	FSV Frankfurt	v. Armenia, 14 August 2013
FW	Ahmed Januzi	(1988-07-08) July 8, 1988 (age 36)	7	0	Vorskla Poltava	v. Slovenia & Iceland, 6–10 September 2013
FW	Atdhe Nuhiu	(1989-07-29) July 29, 1989 (age 35)	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	v. Austria, 14 August 2013
FW	Azdren Llullaku	(1988-02-15) February 15, 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	v. Georgia, 6 February 2013

Coaching staff

According to the FSHF website, the following is the current coaching staff:^[13]

Head Coach	Gianni De Biasi
Assistant Coach	Paolo Tramezzani
Assistant Coach	Angelo Pereni
Fitness Coach	Alberto Belle
Goalkeeping Coach	Ilir Bozhiqi
National Team Manager	Alban Bushi
Team Doctor	Arben Celiku

Stadium

Supporters

Kit History

The Albanian kit has been mostly red and black with small changes through years.

Managerial History

This is a chronological list of the 22 managers who have guided Albania since 1946 (note that Bejkush Birçe and Agron Sulaj have had the job twice):^[14]

Players

Individual all-time records

Still active players are highlighted

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Altin Lala	1998–2011	79	3
2	Klodian Duro	2001–2011	78	6
3	Erjon Bogdani	1996-	76	19
4	Ervin Skela	2000-2011	75	13
5	Foto Strakosha	1990-2004	73	0
6	Lorik Cana	2001-	72	1
7	Igli Tare	1997-2007	68	10
8	Alban Bushi	1995-2011	68	14
9	Altin Haxhi	1995-2009	67	1
10	Altin Rraklli	1992-2005	63	11

Top goalscorers

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most goals for Albania, as of October 15, 2013 (* denotes players still available for selection):^[15]

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Erjon Bogdani	1996-	19	76
2	Alban Bushi	1995-2007	14	68
3	Ervin Skela	2000-2011	13	75
4	Altin Rraklli	1992-2005	11	63
5	Hamdi Salihi	2007-	11	47
6	Sokol Kushta	1987-1996	10	31
7	Igli Tare	1997-2007	10	68
8	Adrian Aliaj	2002-2006	8	29
9	Bledar Kola	1994-2007	6	39
10	Edmond Kapllani	2004-2013	6	37

Honours

Winners of VIII Balkan Cup (Tirana, October 1946)
Winners of Rothmans Football International Tournament (Valletta, February 4 — February 10, 2000)^[16]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Participate
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Did Not Qualify
1970	Entry Not Accepted^[17]
1974	Did Not Qualify
1978	Did Not Participate
1982	Did Not Qualify
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018	To Be Determined
2022	To Be Determined

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did Not Participate
1964	Did Not Qualify
1968	Did Not Qualify
1972	Did Not Participate
1976
1980
1984	Did Not Qualify
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	To Be Determined

Head-to-Head records against other countries

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Algeria	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Andorra	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4
Armenia	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1
Austria	6	0	0	6	1	17	-16
Azerbaijan	5	3	1	1	5	3	+2
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Belarus	4	1	1	2	5	8	-3
Belgium	2	1	0	1	3	3	=0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	2	1	3	3	=0
Bulgaria	11	2	4	5	8	15	-7
China	1	0	1	0	1	1	=0
Cuba	1	0	1	0	0	0	=0
Cyprus	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5
Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	6	10	-4
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Denmark	8	1	1	6	3	18	-15
England	4	0	0	4	1	12	-11
Estonia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
Finland	7	2	1	4	6	8	-2
France	4	0	0	4	1	11	-10
Georgia	13	3	2	8	11	21	-10
Germany	14	0	1	13	10	38	-28
Greece	13	4	3	6	10	13	-3
Hungary	5	0	1	4	0	18	-18
Iceland	4	2	0	2	4	5	-1
Iran	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Latvia	5	0	5	0	6	6	=0
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Lithuania	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1
Luxembourg	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5
Malta	7	4	2	1	12	3	+9
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4
North Macedonia	8	1	3	4	4	10	-6
Moldova	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Netherlands	4	0	0	4	1	7	-6
Montenegro	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7
Northern Ireland	9	2	2	5	5	13	-8
Norway	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
Poland	11	1	3	7	7	14	-7
Portugal	5	0	1	4	4	12	-8
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Republic of Ireland	4	0	1	3	2	6	-4
Romania	15	2	3	10	9	40	-31
Russia	2	1	0	1	4	5	-1
San Marino	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Yugoslavia	5	0	1	4	4	13	-9
Slovenia	6	1	2	3	2	5	-3
Spain	5	0	0	5	2	24	-22
Sweden	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5
Switzerland	6	0	1	5	4	11	-7
Turkey	9	3	2	4	11	8	+3
Ukraine	4	0	1	3	2	6	-4
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Wales	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
58 Countries	271	66	58	147	240	437	−197

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External links

Albania National Football Team
FutbolliShqiptar.net
Fan Website
AlbaniaSoccer.com
AIFR archive of results: 1946-2000/01
Tifozat Kuq e Zi / Red and Black Fan Club
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation – Albania
Albania Sport
Albanian Soccer News
Frasheri, Dash (11 August 2010). "Albania, modest victory against Uzbekistan" (in Albanian). Albania Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
Sauku, Endrit (21 January 2010). "History of the Qemal Stafa Temple". Albania Sport (in Albanian). Dash Frasheri. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
Worldstadiums. "Stadia in Albania". Retrieved 3 August 2010.

[FIFAAlbania-1] FIFAAlbania. "Albania in FIFA website". FIFA. Retrieved 16 August 2010.

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[4] Giovanni Armillotta: Kryeziu, Lushta, Boriçi e Llambi 31.03.2008

[AFP-5] AFP. "Haan named Albania boss". FIFA. FIFA. Retrieved 16 August 2010.

[6] Albania suspension lifted by FIFA ^{[dead link]}

[7] FIFA says its emergency committee has decided to lift suspension of Albania ^{[dead link]}

[8] FIFA lifts suspension of Albania over alleged interference

[9] JOSIP KUZHE TRAJNER I SHQIPËRISË Televizioni Koha 19/5/2009

[10] "Albania name De Biasi coach". Fifa.com. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

[Mesazhi-11] Mesazhi (8 August 2013). "Kombëtarja e Kosovës brenda Kombëtares së Shqipërisë". Retrieved 3 October 2013.

[Lista_anti-Bjellorusi-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v [http://asport.info/lista-anti-bjellorusi-de-biazi-rikthen-memushajn-sadikun-e-mehen-vajushi-e-salihi-jashte/ Lista anti-Bjellorusi: De Biazi rikthen Memushajn, Sadikun e Mehën, Vajushi e Salihi jashtë ]

[FSHF-13] FSHF. "The Team" (in Albanian). Albanian Federation of Football. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

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[Albania_-_Record_International_Players_-_Goals-15] "Albania – Record International Players – Goals". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

[16] Malta 2000 Events ^{[dead link]}

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 {{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=FW|name=[[Armando Sadiku]] <ref name="Lista anti-Bjellorusi"/>|age={{birth date and age|1991|5|27|}} |caps=9 |goals=1 |club=[[FC Lugano|Lugano]] |clubnat=SWI}}
 {{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=FW|name=[[Erjon Bogdani]]|age={{Birth date and age|1977|4|14}}|caps=76|goals=19|club=[[Free Agent]]}}
-{{nat fs g player |no=24|pos=FW|name=[[Bekim Balaj]] <ref name="Lista anti-Bjellorusi"/>|age={{birth date and age|1991|1|11|}} |caps=3 |goals=0 |club=[[Jagiellonia Białystok]] |clubnat=POL}}
+{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Besart Berisha]]|age={{Birth date and age|1985|7|29}}|caps=17|goals=2|club=[[Brisbane Roar FC|Brisbane Roar]]|clubnat=AUS}}{{nat fs g player |no=24|pos=FW|name=[[Bekim Balaj]] <ref name="Lista anti-Bjellorusi"/>|age={{birth date and age|1991|1|11|}} |caps=3 |goals=0 |club=[[Jagiellonia Białystok]] |clubnat=POL}}
 {{National football squad end}}
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 {{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Orges Shehi]]  <ref name="Lista anti-Bjellorusi"/>|age={{Birth date and age|1977|9|25}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[KF Skënderbeu Korçë|Skënderbeu Korçë]]|clubnat=ALB| latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, 15 November 2013}}
 {{nat fs r player |no=|pos=GK |name=[[Isli Hidi]] |age={{birth date and age|1980|10|15|df=y}} |caps=15 |goals=0 |club=[[Apollon Limassol]]|clubnat=CYP| latest=v. {{fb|NOR}} & {{fb|LTU}}, 22–26 March 2013}}
+{{nat fs r player |no=|pos=GK |name=[[Thomas Strakosha]] |age={{birth date and age|1995|3|19|df=y}} |caps=0 |goals=0 |club=[[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]|clubnat=ITA| latest=v. {{fb|ITA}} & {{fb|Greece}}, 2014}}
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 {{nat fs r player |no=|pos=FW|name=[[Edmond Kapllani]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|7|31|}} |caps=37 |goals=6 |club=[[FSV Frankfurt]] |clubnat=GER| latest=v. {{fb|ARM}}, 14 August 2013}}
 {{nat fs r player |no=|pos=FW|name=[[Ahmed Januzi]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|7|8|}} |caps=7 |goals=0 |club=[[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]] |clubnat=UKR| latest=v. {{fb|SLO}} & {{fb|ISL}}, 6–10 September 2013}}
+{{nat fs r player |no=|pos=FW|name=[[Atdhe Nuhiu]]|age={{birth date and age|1989|7|29|}} |caps=0 |goals=0 |club=[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] |clubnat=ENG| latest=v. {{fb|AUT}}, 14 August 2013}}
 {{nat fs r player |no=|pos=FW|name=[[Azdren Llullaku]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|2|15|}} |caps=0 |goals=0 |club=[[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]] |clubnat=ROU| latest=v. {{fb|GEO}}, 6 February 2013}}
 {{National football squad end}}

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